Hello! Come in and dip your toes in Handmade Harbour! You'll find me on the harbourside chatting about digi stamps, sewing, painting, running a craft business and contributing to craft magazines. I have a finger in way too many craft pies but that's the way I like it! Hang around for Handmade Monday, a weekly linky party for crafters.

Sunday, 15 December 2013

Handmade Monday 147

It's always lovely to get the new Craftseller magazine - if you've had this magazine from the beginning, you'll know how it's grown and developed into a useful and informative resource for anyone who sells handmade. There are always loads of interviews, articles and case studies with designer/makers.

The issue that arrived this week is kind of the post-Christmas issue (even though Christmas isn't quite here yet) and my New Year cards are in there...

alongside those lovely free papers in the middle of the magazine.

It brightened up my week - a week in which I sewed up a bandage up to stop my dad (who has Alzheimer's) unravelling it after an operation to remove a cancerous lump on his hand. Twice. Then, in true handmade fashion, I made a label for his bandage and sewed that on too - to remind him to keep it on. It seems to be working, as he keeps reading the label then accepting that the bandage should stay put. But we'll see.

I've been kept busy again with painting over at 1st Unique Gifts. Today's my last day for accepting orders over there for Christmas delivery (within the UK), although I expect some more orders will sneak in over the next few days - they usually do!